Soundies: The Ultimate CollectionSoundies have been called the music videos of the 1940s, but that doesn't begin to describe their cultural importance. It's true that they feature a remarkable range of talent, from big band luminaries like Duke Ellington and Count Basie to then emerging stars like Doris Day and Ricardo Montalban, and lesser known artists of the American nightclub circuit. But Soundies are also a rich, largely overlooked chronicle of American popular culture during

Arthur Blythe

the production is far out

and a tongue-in-cheek reference to the band's "underground" status

It also hints at Dan Costa's own background

Kicking off with "Born on the Bayou

we hear various interpretations by famous artists

Review Examples: (5th):"However committed you are to any other interpretation

Karen Harding

welcomes her much-missed son home - and slowly understands what

"a smoky chanteuse of the synth age" offering "a private world of romantic martyrhood set to electronic beats"

They come together on this set to create a compilation of Draknek & Friends' early years that'll have you saying "Eureka

both professors of guitar at the Berklee College of Music in Boston